Judge dismisses lawsuit by sorority sisters who sought to block a transgender woman from joining

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Judge dismisses lawsuit by sorority sisters who sought to block a transgender woman from joining
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A judge has dismissed a lawsuit contesting a transgender woman’s admission into a sorority at the University of Wyoming, ruling that he could not override how the private, voluntary organization defined a woman and order that she not belong.

In the lawsuit, six members of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority chapter challenged Artemis Langford’s admission by casting doubt on whether sorority rules allowed a transgender woman. Wyoming U.S. District Court Judge Alan Johnson, in his ruling, found that sorority bylaws don’t define who’s a woman.

The case at Wyoming’s only four-year public university drew widespread attention as transgender people fight for more acceptance in schools, athletics, workplaces and elsewhere, while others push back.

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I'm worried women with traumatic pasts are afraid of Tb0n3 using the internet, so I think we should ban Tb0n3 from using the internet to make these unnamed women feel less afraid. In fact, we take away all of Tb0n3's access to any electronic devices while we figure this out. We have to do it to keep women safe.

I'm merely defending their right to use the argument. And there's a massive difference between somebody saying things on the Internet and somebody sharing a bathroom or sleeping in the next room.

I’m merely defending their right to use the argument.

Bullshit. You're using them as shields for your own bigotry against the trans people you hate.

I already said others might not feel safe if you were allowed to use electronics, yet here you are again, completely insisting on using this site despite the harm you may cause. We should probably get law enforcement involved at this point, just so these people I imagined might be afraid can be safe. They can forcibly take away your computer and phone while the rest of us figure this out. Sure, you think there is a massive difference, but that is just something someone dangerous like you would say to trick them. More proof that you need to remain banned from participation.

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Defending transphobic arguments is a bad hobby. You should get a different one.

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